Anglic languages
- Anglic languages
Infobox Language family
name=Anglic
altname=Anglian
region=originallyGreat Britain , now worldwide
familycolor=Indo-European
fam1=Indo-European
fam2=Germanic
fam3=West Germanic
fam4=Anglo-Frisian
child1=English
child2=ScotsAnglic (from Latin "Anglicus" meaning "English", cf. Germanic) is a term for what are also known as "Englishes", in for example "World Englishes" or "
New Englishes ", and is consideredFact|date=September 2008 a less Anglo-centric cover term than "English" for any variety descended from Old English.It is often used where the implication is that varieties like Scots are separate languages, rather than dialects of English.
Anglic languages
From the above arises the concept of Anglic languages (also called "Anglian languages"), one of the two branches of
Anglo-Frisian languages , itself a branch of West Germanic. The Anglic languages include Old English and its descendants. The family tree is:Other uses
Anglic also refers to the two Anglian
dialect s of Old English, namely Northumbrian and Mercian.Anglic was also a simplified form of spelling intended to make the language more accessible to an international audience. It was invented in 1930 by the Swedish philologist R. E. Zachrisson.
ee also
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List of dialects of the English language
*Regional accents of English speakers
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*History of the English language
*History of the Scots language
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